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41. It was his job* and he was paid to produce those kind of images for The Saturday Evening Post.

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 04:18 PM

Dec 2012

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He was paid and had job to do and he did it very well. So not unless you
are wealthy I have no doubt that you too have to do things at your job that
you don't want to do.

* A steady job during the depression, keeping up the public's moral during WW II,
being a good charitable citizen of Rutland,VT and being a devoted family man
are good things.

BTW your post above shows a date of 1916 so he was not just a schlock artist
of the 40s & 50s.

BTW II you have seen 6 Rockwell paintings in this thread that show a different story then the one
your are trying to sell here. Here are two more he did for the Peace Corp.

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If Norman Rockwell heard LaPierre's presser... [View all] Whovian Dec 2012 OP

The NRA, Gun Apologist And Right Winger Wet Dream All Rolled Into One Image - Too Sad cantbeserious Dec 2012 #1

I like the idea of National Guardsmen in every school. I was not a Norman Rockwell picture fan graham4anything Dec 2012 #2

It appears you have had limited experience with Rockwell's works. Whovian Dec 2012 #3

An image that has stood the test of time. sarge43 Dec 2012 #5

Yes, it is the ONE of almost no others. Is it any surprise that is the ONE our President uses here? graham4anything Dec 2012 #8

Yeah. Shadowflash Dec 2012 #29

A Military Presence...In Every School....Really? Dread Pirate Roberts Dec 2012 #37

Sorry to disagree jehop61 Dec 2012 #6

But his work said otherwise. I don't much care if he is or isn't personally, it is irrelvant graham4anything Dec 2012 #9

You gain no credibility by sticking to this line. Here's Rockwell... Hekate Dec 2012 #42

Rockwell found his models in a small Vermont town proReality Dec 2012 #18

Ever been to The Berkshires? Atman Dec 2012 #20

yet his work was in a national publication and seen worldwide. graham4anything Dec 2012 #21

Yes, it says that it's one painting that spoke to the president personally. proReality Dec 2012 #22

What a load of crap NWHarkness Dec 2012 #27

The New Yorker, who paid Rockwell and whom he did this for, was national graham4anything Dec 2012 #28

Have you ever seen "The Homecoming?" Botany Dec 2012 #33

Yes, you can find ONE or two rockwell paintings with blacks, but that is a token effort by him graham4anything Dec 2012 #4

You can be wrong about everything and still shoot away. aandegoons Dec 2012 #7

Just checked. Whovian Dec 2012 #10

PHONY SMEAR YOU ARE MAKING-100% OF MY POSTS THERE ARE ANTI-GUN, ANTI-NRA graham4anything Dec 2012 #13

I want an apology-you are 100% wrong here. I am what you are. And i am also 100% anti-NRA,gun graham4anything Dec 2012 #15

I have been on YOUR SIDE in almost all of the posts you have made here,especially the anti-gun ones. graham4anything Dec 2012 #19

You sure hit a nerve there, whovian! Hekate Dec 2012 #43

Why? You don't like what the Guard did when LBJ signed the Civil rights acts? graham4anything Dec 2012 #11

Please go away from this thread. Whovian Dec 2012 #14

I await your apology for smearing me. Kent state has NO relation to this graham4anything Dec 2012 #16

Guns were never intened to be what the 2nd said either. graham4anything Dec 2012 #17

when in a hole ..... stop digging Botany Dec 2012 #36

You know nothing of his work. Brickbat Dec 2012 #38

That is a powerful piece or work, Whovian Dec 2012 #39

I could put up 1000 drawings from the Sat. Evening Post that aren't what the 2 or 3 are. graham4anything Dec 2012 #40

It was his job* and he was paid to produce those kind of images for The Saturday Evening Post. Botany Dec 2012 #41

k and r Berlum Dec 2012 #12

k/r 4_TN_TITANS Dec 2012 #23

Packers play Titans today! Good luck (not too much) from a Packer fan! AAO Dec 2012 #24

My doctor had a grotesque painting by Norman Rockwell in the examination room Kolesar Dec 2012 #25

I love Norman Rockwell Demo_Chris Dec 2012 #26

Me too BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #30

I have a print of his where a bunch of guys are sitting around a Harriety Dec 2012 #31

Funny how people can write pages of disagreement over a picture like this... Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #32

Yes - one of the many roles art plays. It helps stimulate thought process. It is also odd that geckosfeet Dec 2012 #34

New Education Reform Motto: No Child's Body Left Behind HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #35

k&r Electric Monk Dec 2012 #44